Just a few hours before President Obama made his first address to the nation from the Oval Office a shocking new estimate was released. Of how much oil is gushing into the gulf each day up to 60000. Barrels a number up roughly 200% of the original estimate. the latest reminder of how high the

As we speak. Our nation faces a multitude of challenges. At home our top priority is to recover and rebuild from recession. Has touched the lives of nearly every American. Abroad. Our brave men and women in uniform are taking the fight to al-Qaeda. Wherever it exists. And tonight from a trip to the

ABC News' Sunlen Miller reports: The White House announced today that President Obama has named Michael Bromwich to head embattled Minerals Management Service (MMS). Bromwich, a former assistant U.S. Attorney and Justice Department inspector general, is being tasked with implementing...

Fresh back from a trip to the Gulf, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today said the Obama administration needs to better coordinate the federal response to the BP oil mess – and expressed concern that the moratorium on deep-water drilling could bring further ...

From Andrew Miller: Internal discussion at BP in the days leading up to the explosion that sunk the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and began the largest environmental catastrophe in American history reveal concerns about the well's integrity and a disregard...

After a day and a half in the Gulf -- visiting a Coast Guard station in Mississippi, a booming staging area in Alabama, and a naval base in Florida -- President Obama will deliver his first Oval Office address Tuesday...